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Dove Creek, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Elberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. It stands on Little Dove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elberton West quadrangle.

Dove Creek within Elbert County

On record in Dove Creek

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Dove Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 459 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning125
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism18
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning9.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ELBERT-005
28 September 2000Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-ELBERT-006
27 September 2007Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dove Creek: 10 producers, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mrs. Clem Kelley ProspectKaolinProspect
Plantation QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Turner Sand OperationsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Childs Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Harper QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Highpoint QuarryGraniteProducer
Keystone Blue Quarry Keystone GrGraniteProducer
New Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Peerless Extra Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Pyramid QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Elbert County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oglesby1.4 miles15
Ethridge2.1 miles15
Nickville3.9 miles14
Elberton4.5 miles15
Goss5.0 miles14
Silk Mills5.3 miles15
North Elberton5.5 miles14
Dewy Rose6.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355536. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.